Larfen's Sheik Guide
These are notes that I wrote down off the dome for Sheik today (4/10/25). I’m formerly Chicago PR (peak rank 9) with over 10 years of maining Sheik. Includes MU tips & tricks and things to be solo practiced. This guide is by no means comprehensive and my goal is simply to provide my particular perspective on the character, for you to absorb as you see fit. Some of the information may not be strictly true, but I have found to be true enough for practical purposes (i.e. chaingrab percentages). My general thought process in writing was to put down the things that I try to remind myself of when I sit down for a set. Universals If you throw a stack of needles on the ground, hold shield on top of them. If they hit your shield with an aerial they’ll miss their L cancel and you can shield grab You probably only need to use fair, bair, nair, tilts, needles, and grab in neutral. Everything else is fluff Sheik cannot be reaction tech chased, as it’s impossible to react to tech in place vs te...